--- title: Arazio Docs source: https://arazioformac.com/docs/ --- # Arazio Docs Arazio converts files from the drag itself: pick a file up in Finder, hold a modifier, and a ring appears around the cursor; let go toward what you want. Everything runs on your own Mac. | Hold | Ring | For | |---|---|---| | Shift | Formats | Converting the file to another format | | Option | Tools | Changing it without changing its format | | Control | Actions | AirDrop, Shelf, Copy, Move, Copy Path, Terminal | ## Learn Six short lessons. Do them in order and you will know the whole app. - [Your first conversion](https://arazioformac.com/docs/first-conversion) — Convert a file on a Mac with one drag: pick it up, hold Shift, let go toward the format you want. The new file lands beside the original. - [The three rings](https://arazioformac.com/docs/the-three-rings) — Arazio has three rings on three modifier keys — formats on Shift, tools on Option, file actions on Control. What each one holds and when to reach for it. - [Many files at once](https://arazioformac.com/docs/many-files-at-once) — Select any number of files in Finder and convert them all in the same drag. What happens to a mixed selection, and where the results go. - [The Shelf](https://arazioformac.com/docs/the-shelf) — Drop files on the Shelf, carry on working, then drag them out into mail or any other app later. How to open it, clear it and move it. - [Tools, not conversions](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools) — The Option ring holds tools that change a file without changing its format: compress, resize, crop, rotate, trim, split, merge and more. - [Make it yours](https://arazioformac.com/docs/make-it-yours) — Change which modifier opens which ring, where converted files are written, and how Arazio behaves in the menu bar. ## Everyday The things people actually open the docs for. - [Convert images](https://arazioformac.com/docs/convert-images) — Convert between HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF and BMP on a Mac, one file or a folder full, without uploading anything. - [Convert video](https://arazioformac.com/docs/convert-video) — Convert MOV, MP4, MKV, WebM and M4V on a Mac. When Arazio copies the video stream instead of re-encoding it, and why that matters. - [Convert audio](https://arazioformac.com/docs/convert-audio) — Convert MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, OGG and OPUS on a Mac, and pull the audio out of a video file in the same gesture. - [Compress a PDF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/compress-a-pdf) — Arazio subsets the embedded fonts rather than rasterising the pages, then checks the result pixel by pixel, so the words stay selectable. - [File actions](https://arazioformac.com/docs/file-actions) — The Control ring works on any file, including ones Arazio cannot convert: AirDrop it, shelve it, copy it, move it, or open it in Terminal. ## Setup Installing, buying and keeping it up to date. - [Install Arazio](https://arazioformac.com/docs/install) — Download, open the disk image, drag Arazio to Applications, and what to expect the first time macOS checks a notarized app. - [Buy and activate](https://arazioformac.com/docs/activate) — What you get for $9.99, how the licence key arrives, how to activate it, and how to move Arazio to a different Mac. - [Updates](https://arazioformac.com/docs/updates) — Arazio checks for updates and installs them itself. Every future version is included in what you paid, major ones too. ## Help When something is not behaving. - [Keyboard reference](https://arazioformac.com/docs/shortcuts) — Every modifier and shortcut in Arazio on one page: the three rings, the Shelf, and what each key does mid-drag. - [Troubleshooting](https://arazioformac.com/docs/troubleshooting) — The ring does not appear, a conversion is refused, the file did not land where you expected — the usual causes and their fixes. - [Privacy and permissions](https://arazioformac.com/docs/privacy) — The conversion engines contain no networking code at all. What permissions Arazio needs and why, and what does leave your Mac. ## Formats One page each, generated from the app's capability list. [3GP](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/3gp), [7Z](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/7z), [AAC](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/aac), [AIFF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/aiff), [AVI](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/avi), [AVIF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/avif), [BMP](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/bmp), [BZ2](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/bz2), [CSV](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/csv), [DOCX](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/docx), [FLAC](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/flac), [FLV](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/flv), [GIF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/gif), [GZIP](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/gzip), [HEIC](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/heic), [HTML](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/html), [ICO](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/ico), [JPG](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/jpg), [M4A](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/m4a), [M4V](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/m4v), [MD](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/md), [MKV](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/mkv), [MOV](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/mov), [MP3](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/mp3), [MP4](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/mp4), [MPEG](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/mpeg), [OGG](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/ogg), [Opus](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/opus), [PDF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/pdf), [PNG](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/png), [RAR](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/rar), [RTF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/rtf), [TAR](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/tar), [TAR.GZ](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/targz), [TIFF](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/tiff), [TXT](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/txt), [WAV](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/wav), [WebM](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/webm), [WebP](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/webp), [WMV](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/wmv), [XZ](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/xz), [ZIP](https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/zip) ## Tools One page each, generated from the app's capability list. [Compress](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/compress), [Crop](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/crop), [Extract](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/extract), [Extract Audio](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/extract-audio), [Extract Pages](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/extract-pages), [Flip](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/flip), [Merge](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/merge), [Normalize](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/normalize), [Remove Audio](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/remove-audio), [Resize](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/resize), [Rotate](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/rotate), [Split](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/split), [Strip Metadata](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/strip-metadata), [Trim](https://arazioformac.com/docs/tools/trim)